Book Your Trip to These Storied Destinations

Dearest Curious Reader,

This week, we reflected on how reading feels like being transported to another destination, whether to a real-life location or to another place and time.

After all, books do more than make us think and feel new things. They help us go places outside of our ordinary lives.

A few years ago, I loved reading Tangerine, Christine Mangan’s psychological thriller. Set in 1950s Tangier during the waning days of French colonial rule, it follows an estranged friendship between two women, Alice and Lucy, amidst oppressive heat and a claustrophobic Moroccan backdrop. I felt the heat on every page. It has a “sun-drenched noir” vibe, where the bright, sunny exterior of Morocco hides a dark undercurrent. By the end of the book, it felt like I’d been there.

Wherever you travel with these recommendations, enjoy the trip … and come back for more book recs at BookTrib.

Happy reading!